It was an impressive inaugural game for the Empty Pitchers, who gutted out a 7-to-5 win over ad agency OMD on Friday. David pitched a complete game, along with a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate. And at the top and bottom of the order, respectively, Damian and Kristine helped a number of ducks on the pond find their way home, each plating two runners throughout the course of the game.
But the game ball went to Julie "Murph" Murphy, who, in addition to a solid day with her bat, also contributed her trademark stalwart defense behind the plate. With OMD threatening to tie the game in the late innings, Julie executed a soaring leap -- in one motion, snaring Damian's throw from center field and still having time to spare in applying a firm tag on a lumbering male OMD runner. All this, mind you, without so much as a flinch.
Looking down at her fallen prey, she could be seen kicking sand, and admonishing the runner, "Not on Murph's field, b*tch." The play was clearly the one that broke OMD's spirit.
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